The revenge of silence?

The BJP has published a chargesheet against the Congress led government of Dr Manmohan Singh. The list of charges on what it calls a " dark decade in governance " is pretty devastating. It charges Dr Singh with " compromising the dignity and integrity of the office of the prime minister " by acting as " the CEO of a company " where the board was headed by Sonia and Rahul Gandhi and not as the " final authority ". Coalition partners were allowed to get away with massive scams. Of these the largest were the ISRO- Devas scam at Rs 2 trillion, the 2G spectrum scam at Rs 1.76 trillion, the Coalgate scam at Rs 1.86 trillion and the Commonwealth Games scam at Rs 700 billion. The rest range from Rs 100-500 billion. National security has been compromised. " The soft faces of Maoist-Leftist violence have a pride of place in Sonia Gandhi's National Advisory Council," said BJP's Chief Coordinator, Ravi Shankar Prasad. Strong stuff. But figures say otherwise. In 2003, 1109 civilians and security personnel were killed in Jammu and Kashmir in 3401 incidents while in 2013 only 30 were killed in 170 incidents. In Maoist affected states 515 were killed in 2003 in 1597 incidents while in 2013, 397 were killed in 1136 incidents. In the hinterland 67 were killed in 2003 in 3 incidents while in 2013, 23 were killed in 4 incidents. Why is Dr Singh silent on the achievements of his government? Is it because of the debacle at Sharm el-Sheikh, the constant intrusions by Chinese troops inside our borders, the beheading of an Indian soldier inside our borders, the constant humiliation of India by the gasbag Obama administration or the killing of Congress party workers in Chhattisgarh in May 2013, including Mahendra Karma, the author of Salwas Judum. However, considering that Dr Singh has a PhD in Economics the figures on the economy are particularly devastating. The growth rate has dropped, both fiscal and current account deficits are barely controlled, inflation is very high, industrial production fell 2% last year and the rupee has fallen. The worst figures are in employment. Between 1999 and 2004, 60.7 million jobs were created at the rate of 12.1 million per year but between 2004 and 2012 only 15.4 million jobs were created at a rate of 2.2 million jobs per year. The Prime Minister has been silent against these charges so that Mr Rahul Gandhi's team hold him responsible for the poor opinion polls for the Congress. By allowing Ms Gandhi to destroy the economy with massive handouts and by allowing coalition politicians to loot at will he has made the Congress and The Family enormously unpopular. Was silence a revenge for the killing of Sikhs in 1984? Cute.